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Peter Udell [standing left], Gary Geld [seated at piano], Melba Moore [second from right leaning on piano], Cleavon Little [right leaning on piano] and unidentified [holding pen looking at Gary Geld] in rehearsal for the stage production Purlie
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Purlie [1970]
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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Peter Udell [standing left], Gary Geld [seated at piano], Melba Moore [second from right leaning on piano], Cleavon Little [right leaning on piano] and unidentified [holding pen looking at Gary Geld] in rehearsal for the stage production Purlie" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1970. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3425b2a0-8b40-0130-f72a-58d385a7b928
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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. "Peter Udell [standing left], Gary Geld [seated at piano], Melba Moore [second from right leaning on piano], Cleavon Little [right leaning on piano] and unidentified [holding pen looking at Gary Geld] in rehearsal for the stage production Purlie" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 22, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3425b2a0-8b40-0130-f72a-58d385a7b928
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Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library. (1970). Peter Udell [standing left], Gary Geld [seated at piano], Melba Moore [second from right leaning on piano], Cleavon Little [right leaning on piano] and unidentified [holding pen looking at Gary Geld] in rehearsal for the stage production Purlie Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3425b2a0-8b40-0130-f72a-58d385a7b928
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Peter Udell [standing left], Gary Geld [seated at piano], Melba Moore [second from right leaning on piano], Cleavon Little [right leaning on piano] and unidentified [holding pen looking at Gary Geld] in rehearsal for the stage production Purlie, (1970)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 22, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>
![Peter Udell [standing left], Gary Geld [seated at piano], Melba Moore [second from right leaning on piano], Cleavon Little [right leaning on piano] and unidentified [holding pen looking at Gary Geld] in rehearsal for the stage production Purlie](https://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5124928&t=t)